Third Annual Gathering on the Mountain (1999)

About this title: In 1995, the Big Boulder Ski Area and Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos began presenting a festival dubbed The Musical Gathering, which was intended to pay "tribute to the legendary artists that formed the psychedelic music scene of the late 1960s." Those words were taken from the liner notes from Relix's Third Annual Gathering on the Mountain, an aural souvenir of the third of these concerts. The music on the compilation is not really psychedelic, at least according to the average listener's definition. Instead, it's rootsy jam music in the vein of the Grateful Dead or Hot Tuna, whose Jorma ... read more

Tracks:

1. People Get Ready [Mayfield]
2. No Mercy
3. Tore Up
4. Summertime [Gershwin/Gershwin]
5. Uncle Sam Blues
6. Gypsy Fire
7. Not Fade Away [Holly/Petty]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.